(A) Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the His6-tagged ValA protein. Lanes: 1, molecular weight markers; 2, soluble protein of cell extract of E. coli BL21Gold(DE3)pLysS/valA before induction with IPTG; 3, total protein of cell extract of E. coli BL21Gold(DE3)pLysS/valA after induction with IPTG; 4, soluble protein of cell extract of E. coli BL21Gold(DE3)pLysS/valA after induction with IPTG; 5, purified His6-tagged ValA. (B) Thin-layer chromatography analyses of ValA assay (solvent system, n-butanol:ethanol:H2O, 9:7:4). Lane 1, ValA without substrate; lane 2, boiled ValA with sedoheptulose 7-phosphate; lane 3, ValA with sedoheptulose 7-phosphate; lane 4, 2-epi-5-epi-valiolone.